Song Yulan didn’t criticize her. Instead, she even praised her for doing well.
“Today you managed to grab a fish at the supply and marketing cooperative. How do you want to cook it?”
Jiang Yao thought for a moment.
“Grandma, how about we keep it for now? We can cook it when Ah Mu comes back for the housewarming meal.”
“The housewarming meal can wait. Didn’t we still have a wild chicken in the backyard? Let’s stew it first and nourish your body. We bought it to eat anyway. If you want, let Xiao Mu deal with it when he comes back.”
Song Yulan had already figured out that Qin Mu had probably been to the black market. But she didn’t stop him. With his skills, he knew what he was doing.
Occasionally going to the black market was still acceptable in this era, since the supply and marketing cooperatives and department stores didn’t have much good stuff anyway.
“Then I won’t be polite. Let’s make braised fish pieces. Grandma, you go rest first. I’ll handle it.”
“Alright.”
At nine o’clock at night, Jiang Yao saw that all the nearby houses had gone dark. She put on her clothes and quietly slipped out of the house.
Xiao Hei: 【This way, this way. I found a special spot over here that’s easy to get out.】
A few minutes later, Jiang Yao tiptoed to a wall. When she saw the dog hole in the corner, her mouth twitched.
【Are you itching for a beating? You want me to crawl through a dog hole?】
Xiao Hei: 【The hole is pretty big. You can get through it.】
Jiang Yao looked at the iron fence on top of the wall and thought about it. In the end, she still crawled through. It was safer underneath.
If she got stuck on top and was seen by patrols, she would be finished.
After crawling out of the dog hole, Jiang Yao dusted herself off and started heading toward her target location, while Xiao Hei guided her.
Xiao Hei: 【Yang Mei’s family ancestral grave is in the neighboring production brigade. It’s pretty close. But I checked—it doesn’t have anything valuable inside.】
【Then what about her house?】
Xiao Hei: 【There’s a hidden treasure buried under the vegetable garden in her backyard.】
【A real treasure?】
Xiao Hei: 【Real.】
Jiang Yao revealed a mischievous smile.
“Then let’s go!”
At midnight, Jiang Yao sneaked into the production brigade. Following Xiao Hei’s guidance, she arrived at Yang Mei’s family home. The courtyard was completely silent.
She didn’t want to dig, so she simply let Xiao Hei move the thing underground directly into the space.
Just as she was about to leave, she saw two black shadows enter the yard and walk straight toward a secluded woodshed.
“You already agreed with their family? That little daughter of the Yang family is just going to be given to us? They won’t go back on it, right?”
“Go back on it? Of course not. Their family is eager for it. I heard from her sister-in-law that this little daughter isn’t even their biological child. Their real daughter is at a cadre commander’s house.”
“So she’s an adopted daughter. I was wondering how their family could produce such a beauty. By the way, why did her sister-in-law tell you all this?”
“What do you think? She told me in bed. Yang Lao’er’s guy doesn’t work, so the beauty is left alone at night. I just helped solve her problem.”
“Nice. When are you going to let me try?”
……
Jiang Yao didn’t listen to the rest. After all, meddling wasn’t her personality.
But not long after she left, a disheveled woman suddenly ran up from behind and hugged her.
“Comrade, save me. Can you take me to the military district and find Commander Lin? I… I am his biological daughter…”
Before she could finish speaking, the person in her arms had already become disoriented, her hands beginning to pull at Jiang Yao’s clothes.
【Damn it, Xiao Hei, she’s molesting me!】
Xiao Hei: 【Hurry and bring her into the space. Those two people are chasing after her.】
With a thought, Jiang Yao brought both of them into the space.
Xiao Hei quickly brought over a porcelain bottle and said, “Feed this to her. Otherwise, your innocence will be gone in a moment.”
“Will she wake up?” Jiang Yao asked before feeding it.
“No. This medicine has a sedative effect. She’ll sleep for at least five or six hours.”
“Good.”
After feeding the medicine and tossing the woman aside, Jiang Yao finally let out a breath of relief.
Xiao Hei: “Sister Yao, you’re currently disguised as a man. It’s normal for her to do that to you.”
Jiang Yao looked down at her clothes and quickly changed back.
“Then what should we do with her? She said she’s Commander Lin’s daughter. Don’t tell me it’s the same Commander Lin I know? Is Lin Shu fake?”